#5365 – Hey Kid! Finnish your Vegetables Now!
I have always wondered, how come we make such a big deal of reciting the blessing for the fruits of trees and we totally ignore a bracha for vegetables and grain plants, that are even more essential and crucial for our survival?
Good question. Aruch Hashulchan (O.H. 226: 1) explains that indeed since fruits are not so essential for human survival as grains and vegetables are, vegetables are included in the brochos we constantly recite on them when we eat them. The fruits however are seen as a special extra great gift that Hashem gives us.
The above is an important Kavana or intention to keep in mind when reciting the above bracha.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: April 4, 2025